Both the hero and villain depending on whom you ask.
^^This,
I'm also seeing both. What is mentioned a lot is Cambodia.
Nixon order a lot of bombing killing civilians during the Vietnam war.
Why they single out Kissinger for that?
It was a war. American Presidents killed thousands of civilians during wars.
Look at Bush. Was Colin Powell responsible for 100k dead civilians in Iraq.
Was Colin called a ...oh, nevermind.
Colin Powell, Politely Anguished War Criminal, Dead at 84
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Oct 18, 2021 —
Colin Powell, Politely Anguished
War Criminal, Dead at 84 ...
Colin Powell, a principal architect of the US invasion of Iraq, a campaign of armed ...
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS
Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings
One night in December 1970,
Nixon called his national security adviser in a rage about Cambodia. “I want the helicopter ships. I want everything that can fly to go in and crack the hell out of them,” he barked at Kissinger,
according to a transcript. “I want gunships in there. That means armed helicopters. … I want it done! Get them off their ass. … I want them to hit everything.”
Five minutes later, Kissinger was on the phone with Gen. Alexander Haig, his military aide, relaying the command for a relentless assault on Cambodia. “It’s an order, it’s to be done. Anything that flies on anything that moves. You got that?”
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/